On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:41:17 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:

> Goomba wrote:
>>
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> Victor Sack wrote:
>>
>>>> Okay, I'll bite and indulge you yet again: there is no such salad in
>>>> Germany. There is no such thing as a (pan-)German salad, anyway, and
>>>> none of the numerous regional versions contain brown sugar.
>>>
>>> German potato salad is an American invention.
>>
>> I've never seen a recipe for it call for brown sugar.
>> I can't abide "sweet" potato salads so don't make it. It makes my teeth
>> itch to think about!
>
> Many do. That's what makes it "German".
>
> http://www.suntimes.com/recipes/sala...npotsal.recipe
>
> http://www.customcatering.net/Rec_Vege/germanps.html

i thought what made it 'german' is the bacon fat and it serving warm
(contra your first recipe cite).

your pal,
blake